Photographer&#39;s printing-frame holder.



APPLIOATION FILED KAY 1, 1914.

Patemed NOV. 3, 1914.

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THE NURRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D, C.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

MILLARD EMORY WELLS, OF BRISTOL, INDIANA.

- PHOTOGRAPHERS PRINTING-FRATME HOLDER.

Application filed May 1, 1914. Serial No 835,754.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MILLARD EMORY WnnLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Photographers Printing-Frame Holder; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

It has been found that in photography some negatives must be printed more or deeper at one end than at the other, or at one side more than the other. Therefore, it is the aim of this invention to provide an improved holder, so adjustable, that one end or one side may be thrown farther within or out of the range of the light, whereby one end or the other, or one side or the other ofthe photograph may be printed more or less.

One of the features of the invention to accomplish the foregoing object, is theprovision of a base, on which a supporting frame for the holder is partially revolubly mounted, and in which supporting frames said holder is pivotally adjustable at right angles to the pivot of the supporting frames.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a series of supplemental holders receivable in the main holder, to hold photo printing frames of different dimensions.

In practical fields the details of construction may be subjected to alterations, falling within the scope of what'is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improved printing frame holder constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the printing frame holder proper adjusted in another position. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail views showing the printing frame holder receiving supplemental holders, whereby photo printing frames of dilferent dimensions may be received. Fig. 6 is a detail view in perspective showing the holder 10 supporting one of the supplemental holders of one of the Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a base having a vertically disposed pivot rod 2 rising therefrom, and on which a block or body member 3 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

swiveled. Secured to the end faces of the block or body member 3 is a pair of oppositely disposed plates 4 by means of the screws 5. Mountedin bearings of the blocks and one of the plates is a rotating rod 6 having a knob 7 and provided with a pinion 3, which meshes with the teeth of the segment rack 9 of the base 1. it will be seen that by rotating the rod 6 by means of the knob 7 the block or body member 3 may be adjusted in different positions or angles relative to the light.

The printing frame holder proper 10 comprises a back plate 11 having troughshaped ends and lower sides 12 and 13, between which trough-shaped ends and the lower side the photo printing frames may be received, that is, one at a time. However, as shown in the drawings, a series of supplemental printing frame holders of different dimensions is provided, one or another of which is designed to be received in the holder 10 so as to rest on the flange 13, as

shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each supplemental holder oomprises a front plate 14 having an opening 15, a trough-shaped flange 16 at its lower edge, and S-shaped end flanges 17. A photo printing frame is designed to engage between the S-shaped flanges 17 with the glass of the printing frame appearing through the opening 15. The opening 15 of one supplemental holder is of different dimensions than the corresponding opening of another supplemental holder. In this manner photo printing frames of different sizes may be held in adjusted positions relative to the light, whereby one portion or another of the negative may be printed more or less and vice versa.

Secured to the outer portions of the trough-shaped ends 12 are angular pivot rods 19*, the parts 20 of which are mounted in bearings of the upper ends of the plates 4. On the parts 20 of the angular pivot rod 19 between the plates 4 and the parts of the rods which are secured to the trough-shaped end, are springs 22, to hold the holder properly centered between said plates 4. On one of the angular pivot rods 19 a knob 23 and a disk wheel 24 are mounted to move therewith. A segmental portion of the disk wheel 24 is provided with a series of teeth 25, between any two of which a projection or catch 26 may engage, to hold the holder at different angles at right angles to the pivotal adjustment of the block 3. To adjust the angle of the llOlder proper 10 it is necessary to pull outwardly upon the knob 23 in the direction of the arrow a, which will permit the teeth of the disk wheel to disengage the said projection or catch, then the holder proper may be adjusted swivelly, by partially rotating the knob 23. After adjusting the holder at the desired angle, the knob may be released, and by the action of said springs, th holder may be restored properly centrally between the two plates 4:, theteeth again engaging said projection or catch. As before stated, the block or body member 3 may be adjusted by manipulation of the knob 7.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a printing frame holder, a base, a body member pivotally mounted thereon, means for adjusting the body member on the pivot, supporting bracket standards carried by the ends of the body member, aprinting frame holder proper having angular members on its end, a horizontal arm of each angular member being mounted in a bearing in each bracket standard, springs of equal tension upon said horizontal arms of the angular members between the bracket standards and the ends of the holder proper, one of said arms having a knob and a disk provided with segmentally arranged teeth,

and a projection on one of the bracket standards to engage between any two teeth, said knob designed to be pulled in a plane alined with the holder proper against the action of one of the springs to adjust the holder proper and re-arrange the teeth of the disk relative to the projection, said holder proper being aoapted to receive any one of aseries of supplemental holders.

2. In a printing frame holder, a body member, a holder proper mounted upon the body member and designed to receive any one of a multiplicity of supplemental holders, means whereby the holder proper may be adjusted pivotally, a base having a vertical pivot bolt on which the body member is pivoted so as to be pivotally adjusted, a segmental rack on the upper face of the base, a recess pocket in one end of the body member, a partial rotating rod having a handle mounted in one end of the body member and provided with a pinion engaging the teeth of said rack, whereby upon partially rotating the rod the body member may be pivotally adjusted at right angles to the adjustment of the holder proper, said pinion operating in said recess pocket.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

MEL ARD EMORY WELLS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES PAULUS, KENNETH M. SNAPP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

